The Milky Way and the Local Group -
Now and in the
Gaia Era
August 31 to September 4, 2009
Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg
Preliminary List of Speakers
Version of June 27, 2009All speakers were notified. People who did not receive a notification but who requested a talk are on the waiting list. We will attempt to accommodate as many of them as possible if there are cancellations. The draft program is availabe here and will continue to be updated.
- Daniel Adén (Lund U, Sweden)
- Martin Altmann (ZAH, Germany)
- Borja Anguiano (AIP, Germany)
- Teresa Antoja (U Barcelona, Spain)
- Guiseppina Battaglia (ESO, Germany)
- Tim Beers (MSU, USA)
- Robert Benjamin (UWW, USA)
- Maria Bergemann (MPA, Germany)
- Gurtina Besla (CfA, USA)
- Reinhold Bien (ZAH, Germany)
- Vadim Bobylev (Pulkovo O, Russia)
- Corrado Boeche (AIP, Germany)
- Alex Bombrun (ZAH, Germany)
- Jo Bovy (NYU, USA)
- Angela Bragaglia (O Astronomico, Bologna, Italy)
- Anthony Brown (Leiden U, The Netherlands)
- Andreas Brunthaler (MPIfR, Germany)
- Carla Cacciari (O Astronomico, Bologna, Italy)
- Raymond Carlberg (U Toronto, Canada)
- Daniela Carollo (ANU, Australia)
- Giovanni Carraro (ESO)
- Gabriele Cescutti (U Trieste, Italy)
- Li Chen (Shanghai Astronomical O, China)
- Maria-Rosa Cioni (U Hertfordshire, UK)
- Gisella Clementini (O Astronomico, Bologna, Italy)
- Judy Cohen (Caltech, USA)
- Michelle Collins (IoA, UK)
- Andrew Cooper (U Durham, UK)
- Maria Czekaj (U Barcelona, Spain)
- Gary Da Costa (ANU, Australia)
- Francesca D'Antona (O Astronomico, Roma, Italy)
- Walter Dehnen (U Leicester, UK)
- Elena D'Onghia (CfA, USA)
- Sonia Duffau (ZAH, Germany)
- Laurent Eyer (O de Genève, Switzerland)
- Mark Fardal (UMass, USA)
- Annette Ferguson (ROE, UK)
- Sofia Feltzing (Lund U, Sweden)
- Jürgen Fliri (IAC, Spain)
- Anna Frebel (CfA, USA)
- Carlos Frenk (Durham U, UK)
- Burkhard Fuchs (ZAH, Germany)
- Klaus Fuhrmann (ING, Spain)
- Jay Gallagher (U Wisconsin, USA)
- Carme Gallart (IAC, Spain)
- Silvia Garbari (U Zurich, Switzerland)
- Karoline Gilbert (U Washington, USA)
- Gerry Gilmore (IoA, UK)
- Leo Girardi (O Padova, Italy)
- Facundo Gomez (U Groningen, Netherlands)
- Naoteru Gouda (NAOJ, Japan)
- Martin Groenewegen (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Raja Guhathakurta (UCSC, USA)
- Nigel Hambly (U Edinburgh, UK)
- Ulrike Heiter (U Uppsala, Sweden)
- Amina Helmi (U Groningen, Netherlands)
- Maren Hempel (PUC, Chile)
- Sebastian Hidalgo (IAC, Spain)
- Vanessa Hill (OAC, France)
- Berry Holl (Lund U, Sweden)
- Jinliang Hou (SAO, China)
- Rene Hudec (ASU, Czech Republic)
- Miho Ishigaki (Tohoku U, Japan)
- Pascale Jablonka (U Geneva, Switzerland)
- Shoko Jin (ZAH, Germany)
- Stefan Jordan (ZAH, Germany)
- Mario Juric (IAS, USA)
- Andreas Just (ZAH, Germany)
- Stefan Keller (ANU, Australia)
- Rainer Klement (MPIA, Germany)
- Sergei Klioner (TU Dresden, Germany)
- Andreas Koch (U Leicester, UK)
- Sergey Koposov (MPIA, Germany)
- Andreas Korn (U Uppsala, Sweden)
- Jeffrey Larsen (USNA, USA)
- Bertrand Lemasle (U Groningen, Netherlands)
- Yang-Shyang Li (U Groningen, Netherlands)
- Lennart Lindegren (Lund U, Sweden)
- Chao Liu (MPIA, Germany)
- Xiaowei Liu (KIAA, China)
- Ewa Lokas (Copernicus Center, Poland)
- Hanni Lux (U Zurich, Switzerland)
- Andrea Macciò (MPIA, Germany)
- Walter Maciel (IAG, Brazil)
- Laura Magrini (O Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy)
- Antonio Marin-Franch (IAC, Spain)
- Sarah Martell (ZAH, Germany)
- Nicolas Martin (MPIA, Germany)
- Chiara Mastropietro (LERMA, France)
- Noriyuki Matsunaga (U Tokyo, Japan)
- Alan McConnachie (NRC-HIA, Canada)
- Yulia Milanova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Matteo Monelli (IAC, Spain)
- Masao Mori (U Tsukuba, Japan)
- Heather Morrison (CWRU, USA)
- Julio Navarro (U Victoria, Canada)
- Heidi Newberg (RPI, USA)
- Martin Niederste-Ostholt (IoA, UK)
- Birgitta Nordström (U Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Rob Olling (UMD, USA)
- Sakurako Okamoto (U Tokyo, Japan)
- Benjamin Moster (MPIA, Germany)
- William O'Mullane (ESAC, Spain)
- Livia Origlia (O Astronomico, Bologna, Italy)
- Stefano Pasetto (ZAH, Germany)
- Jorge Peñarrubia (IoA, UK)
- Susanne Pfalzner (U Köln, Germany)
- Thibaut Prod'homme (Leiden O, Netherlands)
- Roberto de Propris (CTIO, Chile)
- Timo Prusti (ESA, Netherlands)
- Justin Read (U Zurich, Switzerland)
- Alejandra Recio-Blanco (OCA, France)
- R. Michael Rich (UCLA, USA)
- Daniel Risquez (U Leiden, Netherlands)
- Hans-Walter Rix (MPIA, Germany)
- Annie Robin (O Besancon, France)
- Connie Rockosi (UCSC, USA)
- Siegfried Röser (ZAH, Germany)
- Stefania Salvadori (SISSA, Italy)
- Cecilia Scannapieco (MPA, Germany)
- Elena Schilbach (ZAH, Germany)
- Kevin Schlaufman (UCSC, USA)
- Ralf-Dieter Scholz (AIP, Germany)
- Ralph Schönrich (MPA, Germany)
- Ed Shaya (UMD, USA)
- Josh Simon (OCIW, USA)
- Vojtech Simon (ASU, Czech Republic)
- Alessandro Spagna (OATo, Italy)
- Emanuele Spitoni (U Trieste, Italy)
- Else Starkenburg (U Groningen, Netherlands)
- Matthias Steinmetz (AIP, Germany)
- Michele Trenti (U Colorado, USA)
- Stephen Unwin (JPL, USA)
- Antonella Vallenari (O Padova, Italy)
- Glenn van de Ven (IAS, USA)
- Belén Vicente (IAA, Spain)
- Nic Walton (IoA, UK)
- Benjamin Willett (RPI, USA)
- Mary Williams (AIP, Germany)
- Lukasz Wyrzykowski (IoA, UK)
- Xiangxiang Xue (NAOC, China)
- Yoshiyuki Yamada (Kyoto U, Japan)
- Adi Zolotov (NYU, USA)
- Dan Zucker (AAO, Australia)
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